Two More Die From H7N9 Virus

(Newsroom America) -- The World Health Organization says another two people have died from avian influenza A (H7N9) virus with another 17 cases confirmed in China.

The National Health and Family Planning Commission, China notified WHO of the additional 17 laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection.

The patients include:

a 38-year-old man from Zhejiang province who became ill on 18 April 2013;
an 80-year-old man from Fujian province who became ill on 17 April 2013;
an 80-year-old man from Jiangxi province who became ill on 21 April 2013;
a 31-year-old woman from Jiangxi province who became ill on 23 April 2013;
a four-year-old boy from Shandong province who became ill on 27 April 2013;
a 54-year-old man from Hunan province who became ill on 15 April 2013;
a 64- year-old woman from Hunan province who became ill on 14 April 2013;
a 38-year-old man from Zhejiang province who became illness on 17 April 2013;
a 49-year-old man from Jiangsu province who became ill on 17 April 2013;
a 36-year-old man from Jiangsu province who became ill on 19 April 2013;
a 60-year-old man from Jiangsu province who became ill on 8 March 2013;
a 65-year-old man from Fujian province who became ill on 18 April 2013;
a 69-year-old man from Jiangxi province who became ill on 17 April 2013;
a 76- year- old woman from Jiangxi province who became ill on 19 April 2013;
a 60-year- old woman from Zhejiang province who became ill on 17 April 2013;
a 50-year-old woman from Zhejiang province who became ill on 18 April 2013; and
a 56-year-old man from Henan province who became ill 17 April 2013.